List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: ST OSWALDS CHAMBERS
List entry Number: 1376392
Location
ST OSWALDS CHAMBERS, 20 AND 22, ST WERBURGH STREET
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Cheshire West and Chester | Unitary Authority | |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 23-May-1967
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System: LBS
UID: 470387
Asset Groupings
This list entry does not comprise part of an Asset Grouping. Asset Groupings are not part of the official record but are added later for information.
List entry Description
Summary of Building
Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details.
Reasons for Designation
Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details.
History
Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details.
Details
CHESTER CITY (IM)
SJ4066SE ST WERBURGH STREET
595-1/4/353 (East side)
23/05/67 Nos.20 AND 22
St Oswalds Chambers
GV II
Offices, now opticians. 1898. By John Douglas as architect and
probably developer. Squared snecked red sandstone rubble,
timber frame with plaster panels and red Ruabon brick; hipped
Westmorland green slate roof; the building is almost detached.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, double-fronted, asymmetric. The front has
a shaped 9-panel door now glazed in a basket archway with
colonnettes, 18;98 in spandrels and SAINT OSWALD CHAMBERS
above; a 4-light leaded ovolo-mullioned casement north and a
shop window south with leaded glazing in stallriser. The
timber-framed second storey has a 4-light mullioned and
transomed leaded casement, north, the upper lights with
patterned leading, under a carved lintel; a similar window of
3 lights above the doorway; a casement of 3;3;3 lights around
the south-west corner, above small-framing with cusped-arch
heads; dormer gables with richly carved bargeboards over the
north and central casements; a short octagonal spire over the
south-west window has a weathervane on the lead finial. The
north side has a 3-light mullioned and leaded casement and
three 4-light mullioned and transomed casements to the first
storey and a similar series, with leading removed, to the
second storey. The south side has a 2-light casement plus a
1-light casement at the canted south-east corner; the second
storey has a casement with leading removed. The rear wing, of
brick to the lower storey and framed above, has 2 casements to
each storey with some leaded glazing. 3 shaped brick chimneys.
INTERIOR: has some alterations and covered surfaces, but
retains features including doors.
(Hubbard E: The Work of John Douglas: London: 1991-: 192).
Listing NGR: SJ4063866406
Selected Sources
- Book Reference - Author: E Hubbard - Title: The Work of John Douglas - Date: 1991 - Page References: 192
National Grid Reference: SJ 40645 66408
Map
© Crown Copyright and database right 2012. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100019088.
© British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2012. All rights reserved. Licence number 102006.006.
The above map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. For a copy of the full scale map, please see the attached PDF - 1376392.pdf
This copy shows the entry on 21-May-2013 at 11:09:10.